Protect your camera and gimbal

hi
thank you
the only thing i dont understand is yuneec knowing that the board has to be married to the gimble , how can they sell you the board knowing it's not going to work .

 

Well hopefully I might have some good news on repairing the old boards. I found a lady that taught herself micro soldering and trace repair. She now teaches this all over the world and she is very well respected. She specializes in ipad and phone repairs. So I emailed her about the problem and told her that one connector had been ripped off. She told me to send it on out to her and she will see what she could do.
Here is the email I got today.
Update Subject: Completed

Message:

This repair is done--you were missing three pads, but those all clearly had torn traces leading to local components. I made microjumpers between the three pins and the local components, and soldered the main connector back on its ground pads. Everything looks solid, so I think if this connector was the original problem with the board than it should be good to go.

I will send you an invoice for a level 2 board repair and pack to ship when paid---thanks!
jessa

The cost was $74.99 USD but if it works it will be well worth it.
I will update this when I get it and try it out.

 

wow thats great , i hope this works .

 

Keep us updated, good to know more on this issue

 

mrburns, when I get the board back and confirm the fix worked I will give out more information. Right now so that she does not get a bunch of emails and people sending in boards I just want to make sure it actually worked.
Hope you understand. I should get it back late next week.

 

Still waiting on the return of my board from New York. USPS has to be one of the slowest delivery systems going.
But now there is another player in the field to repair your boards. Brad Mendrick (ex tech guy for Yuneec) has started excepting boards for repair. Not sure on his cost or if he does it in house or sends it out to someone else for repairs but he does fix them now also.
"Bad crash? Rip the plugs off your CGO2(+) gimbals control board? Never fear Independent Copter Works has you covered! We can handle the fine soldering that is need to reattach the plug and get you back flying!"
https://www.facebook.com/IndependentCopterWorks/?hc_location=ufi

 

OK so got my board back and posted the info in a separate post. Hopefully it will help others out like it did for me.
Everything works perfectly again.
http://yuneec-forum.com/threads/some-very-good-news-for-damaged-gimbal-boards.1322/#post-9577

 

great news

 

Lol peterbright @super duper machine...sry made me smile. Great explanation though!

 

Hi I feel dumb for asking this but....

I bought my "Typhoon G + CGO3 combo" as a refurb and it didn't come with that plastic gimbal cover/lock so I ordered one. Now I have it, but don't understand how it is used or attached
Does it get inserted from BEHIND the camera, and the camera lens stays pointed forward?
That seems the best way to install it, yet it doesn't seem to provide very good support, and the camera can still bounce up-down even with the cover installed.. seems very minimal protection.
I searched but couldn't find a good photo of the cover actually installed on the gimbal/camera..
Thanks in advance. Maybe someone here thought up a better way of protecting these sensitive devices(?)

 

Yes install it from behind. Here is a picture of mine when the camera was off the quad but you should be able to get the right idea.

 

Wow thanks for the photo Jager much appreciated!
Yes it seems to fit 'best' when mounted that way.. but I was confused because I would "think" the protective cover should also cover over the camera lens.. but it doesn't.. what was Yuneec thinking?

 

On the Typhoon H and CGO3+ camera they made the cover to go on the front of the camera. Not sure if it will fit the CGO3 4K .

 

I have s shaking camera. Typhoon q500 4K . Help


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